Senate RollCall Defense Bill (50-48, 3 Democrats vote yes)

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5168524,00.html

The 50-48 roll call by which the Senate failed to cut off debate on a defense bill. Sixty votes were needed to end debate.

On this vote, a ``yes'' was a vote to end debate and a ``no'' was a vote to continue debate.

Voting ``yes'' were 3 Democrats and 47 Republicans.

Voting ``no'' were 40 Democrats, 7 Republicans and 1 independent.

Alabama

Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.

Alaska

Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.

Arizona

Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) No.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) No; Pryor (D) No.

California

Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.

Colorado

Allard (R) No; Salazar (D) No.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (D) No.

Delaware

Biden (D) No; Carper (D) No.

Florida

Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) No; Inouye (D) No.

Idaho

Craig (R) Not Voting; Crapo (R) Yes.

Illinois

Durbin (D) No; Obama (D) No.

Indiana

Bayh (D) No; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa

Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) No.

Kansas

Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) No; Vitter (R) Yes.

Maine

Collins (R) No; Snowe (R) No.

Maryland

Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) No.

Michigan

Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) No.

Minnesota

Coleman (R) Yes; Dayton (D) No.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) No.

Missouri

Bond (R) Yes; Talent (R) Yes.

Montana

Baucus (D) No; Burns (R) Yes.

Nebraska

Hagel (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada

Ensign (R) Yes; Reid (D) No.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.

New Jersey

Corzine (D) No; Lautenberg (D) No.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) No; Domenici (R) Yes.

New York

Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No.

North Carolina

Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) Yes.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) No.

Ohio

DeWine (R) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.

Oregon

Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.

Pennsylvania

Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.

Rhode Island

Chafee (R) Yes; Reed (D) No.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) No.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) No; Thune (R) No.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) Yes; Frist (R) Yes.

Texas

Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah

Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont

Jeffords (I) No; Leahy (D) No.

Virginia

Allen (R) Yes; Warner (R) Yes.

Washington

Cantwell (D) No; Murray (D) No.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) No; Rockefeller (D) Not Voting.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) No.

Wyoming

Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) Yes.<

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1. Wow! Trent Lott voted no!

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2. must have additional pork to add.

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3. Who did I miss? I just saw both Nelson's as Yes but I didn't see a

third Dem.

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4. Conrad (ND) was a yes

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5. Thanks. I scanned through it twice and missed that one.

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6. Cloture vote failed so they could move to unscheduled bill NRA demanded.

S. 397. (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act )

Measure Title:

A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.

Cloture vote for S. 397 passed with 66-32. Rollcall vote below.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00206

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7. AP: Senate Moves to Shield Gun Industry, Sets Aside Defense Bill

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601066_pf.html

Senate Moves to Shield Gun Industry

By LAURIE KELLMAN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 26, 2005; 2:17 PM


WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday put off until fall completing a $491 billion defense bill to act this week on the National Rifle Association's top priority: shielding gun manufacturers and dealers from liability suits stemming from gun crimes.

On a 66-32 test vote, the Senate indicated there's plenty of support for Republican leaders' determination to pass the gun bill before lawmakers leave at the end of this week for a monthlong vacation.

"The only reason it is coming to the floor, in a time of war to interrupt the debate on the Defense Authorization bill is that members are feeling pressure form the gun lobby," said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.

Congress was on the way to passing the bill last year when the NRA abruptly asked its chief sponsor, Sen. Larry Craig, R-, R-Idaho, to withdraw it after gun opponents succeeded in amending it to extend an expiring ban on assault weapons. A pickup of four GOP Senate seats in last November's election emboldened gun rights supporters to try again, confident they can block reimposing restrictions on assault-type weapons.

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8. Bill Frist has his priorities straight..but will the 'Merican Media notice

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9. Defense bill yanked because Dubya unhappy with some of its provisions.

Regarding interrogation methods at Guantanamo. Dubya was unhappy with McCain's bill regarding same.